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APPLIOATIOH FILED DEC. 24, 1910.

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CLARENCE MIEDEL, OF SHORT CREEK, WEST VIRGINIA.

HEATER FOR BBI OODERS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgntgd June 20, 1911 Applicationfiled December 241, 1910.

Serial No. 599,102.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE Minoan, a citizen of the United States,residing at Short Creek, in the county of Brooke and State of WestVirginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Heatersfor Brooders, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to heaters for brooders and has for its object toprovide a very simple and eflicient device whereby the interior of thebrooder may be maintained at the proper temperature at all times.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for effecting acirculation of the heated air and distributing the same within thebrooder before it passes out of the heater, and means for regulating thetemperature of the brooder.

A further object of the invention is to provide a heater of the abovedescribed character consisting of a cement heat distributing drumwhereby a maximum amount of heat is obtained from a minimum fuelconsumption, the cement drum eliminating all liability of the heaterbecoming overheated and igniting the brooder.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists of thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved heater showing the same arranged within a brooder; Fig. 2 is anenlarged vertical section through the heater; Fig. 3 is a detailinverted perspective view of one of the heater sections; and Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view of the adjustable heat regulating cone.

Referring in detail to the drawings B designates the brooder, and H thehovering board which is arranged and supported. therein in any desiredmanner.

My improved heating device consists of the body section 5 which isformed upon its periphery with an annular flange 6. This body is alsocentrally provided with a cylindrical tubular extension 7 in which theheat conducting flue 8 is positioned. The upper end of this flue isslightly tapered as indicated at 8 and is disposed through an opening 9formed in the bottom wall of the body section 5. This heat conductingflue 8 is rigidly secured in the opening 9 and the periphery thereof isspaced from the inner wall of the extension 7. The lower end of saidflue is disposed in the same plane with the lower end of the extension.The bottom of the brooder B has an opening B therein which is of thesame diameter as the internal diameter of the tubular extension 7, theextension wall resting at its lower end upon the bottom of the brooder.A lamp or other heat generating means L is positioned below the openingin the bottom of the brooder, and the heat and fumes which arisetherefrom are carried through the flue 8 and into the interior of myimproved heater which distributes the heat within the brooder.

A top section 10 is arranged upon the annular flange 6 of the bodysection 5 of the heater and is cemented or otherwise rigidly fixedthereon. The under side of this top section is spaced from the bottom ofthe body section 5 to provide an air space 11 which receives the heatedair from the flue 8. Owing to the fact that there is no direct outletfor this heated air, it is caused to spread radially from the center ofthe heater as it strikes the bottom wall of the top section 10, and thuscaused to contact with and heat all parts of the heater. The heated airand fumes are finally exhausted from the heater through the channels 12which are formed in the top sectionlO and open adjacent to the outeredges thereof. These channels are inclined upwardly to the center ofsaid top section and unite to form an opening 13 in which the tube 14 issecured. Upon this tube a regulating cone 15 is ad justably mounted,said cone carrying an arm 16 upon the end of which a sleeve 17 isformed. This sleeve has clamping engagement upon the tube 14 and isvertically movable thereon. By properly adjusting the cone 15, theentrance of air into the heater and through the flue 8 which wouldextinguish the lamp L, is prevented. By adjusting the cone 15 withrelation'to the upper open end of the tube 14, the amount of heated airwhich is permitted to flow from the heater is regulated so that theproper draft may be obtained and the requisite amount of heat caused tocirculate within the heating drum formed by the sections 5 and 10.

The sect-ions 5 and 10 of the heater are constructed of cement or otherplastic material whereby a very large amount of heat is obtained from aminimum consumption of' fuel. The cement formation of the heater alsoobviates the danger of the same becoming so highly heated as to set fireto the brooder and destroy the same. The casing 7 which covers the flue8 serves to prevent the chicks from coming in contact with the flue andat the same time provides additional heat for their bodies.

The hovering board H is provided on the under side of its top with aplurality of cement disks 18 which are properly spaced apart and restupon the top section 10 of the heater. By this means the hovering boardis held out of direct contact with the walls of the heater so that therewill be no danger of igniting the same. This hovering board is alsoprovided in its to 3 with an opening H through which the tu e 14 andcone 15 extend. This opening also provides an outlet for the foul airfrom the interior of the brooder.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and operation ofmy improved heater will be readily understood. The device is simple, maybe readily constructed at a low cost and is very eflicient in practicaluse. The internal temperature of the brooder may be easily and quicklyregulated by the adjustment of the cone valve member 15, in accordancewith the atmospheric temperature so that the proper degree of warmthwill be at all times provided and the chicks kept in a healthycondition.

While I have shown and described the preferred construction andarrangement of the various parts, it will be understood that idlysecuredat its smaller end in said open-' ing, said tube beingconcentrically spaced from the inner wall of the body extension aseparate top section adapted to be arranged upon the flange of said bodysection and rigidly secured thereto, a plurality of spacing disksarranged between said top section and the top of the receptacle, saidtop section having oppositely extending inclined ports opening at theirlower ends upon the under side of said section at diametrically oppositepoints and adjacent to the annular flange of the body section, the otherends of said ports merging together at the center of the top section andextending vertically therethrough, and a heat outlet tube arrangedcentrally in the top section and extending intothe connected ends ofsaid ports.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

CLARENCE MIEDEL.

Witnesses:

KARL N. HALL, J. T. DOUGLASS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G.

